Egg-holder



(No Model.)

A. ISKE. EGG HOLDER. No. 463,604. Patented Nov. 17, 1891.

WITNESSES INVENTOR,

A TTORNEY.

UNIT D STATES PATENT ()FFTCE.

ANTHONY ISKE, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

EGG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,604, dated November 17, 1891.

I Application filed January 29, 1891- Serial No. 379.527- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY IsKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient egg-holder and potato-holder adjustable in size to suit such articles of food of varying diameters and adapted to stand upright on a table or to be taken apart and used as a pair of tongs at will.

To this end my invention consists in'the combination of a base provided with pairs of grooves varying in depth with a spring-fork or spring-tongs adapted to expand into any pair of said grooves, but detachable at will from'said base, and having spoon-shaped jaws for holding eggs or other articles.

It also consists in the combination of such a base having a central recess in the upper face of its bottom plate and the said grooves in the inner face of the upper end of a tubular extension raised on said bottom plate and surrounding said recess with a spring-fork or pair of spring-tongs adapted to expand into said grooves and having at its bottom a stud fitting into said recess to brace the said springfork against lateral movement or sagging.

The said invention also consists in further peculiarities of construction and combination, hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the complete device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the pedestal. Fig. 4 represents a detail View of the springfork or spring-tongs.

A designates the base, which is provided with a rigid central tubular upward extension A a recess a being formed in the upper face of the bottom plate of said base at the central point of the bottom of this tubular extension. The top of this latter part is constructed with an annular inwardly extending flange provided with several pairs of notches or recesses a a the members of each pair being diametrically opposite and the several pairs being of varying depths.

B designates a pair of spring-tongs, or a spring-fork, as it may be called, having approximately the'shape of a narrow letter U, provided at its upper ends with spoon-shaped jaws B, for holding eggs or other articles.

The lower end I) of this part B is enlarged and when the parts AB are separated, as in Figs.

3 and 4. The resiliency of said stems and of the enlargement 1) tends to force the said stems and jaws apart. The cylindrical extension A" of the base A keeps them in position to hold an egg or other article. The varying depth of the pairs of notches or recesses a a a allows the adjustment of the holder to articles of varying sizes, it being necessary only to shift the spring fork or tongs from one pair of notches to another, which is easily done by first compressing and then turning them. These holders are very light and cheap, being made, preferably, of sheet metal and wire. They will stand securely on a table, although at will the part B may be withdrawn, the enlargement 19 passing through the deepest pair of notches, and the said part may then be used after the manner of sugar-tongs. Then the parts A B are together, the latter is securely held against side motion by the combined resistance of the notched or recessed flange at the toppf extension A, receiving the stems of jaws B and the bottom plate recessed at a, receiving the stud b.

I am aware that it is old to construct eggholders of spring-tongs fitting into a base and held therein by means of awedge-shaped plug, (see patent to Porter, No. 159,213, January 26, 1875,) and I therefore do not claim the same.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a pair of springtongs witha base adapted to receive them and having notches or recesses in an internal flange to prevent them from turning, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a pair of springtongs having a stud at the bottom, with a base having a notched upward tubular extension to receive the stems of said tongs and a central recess in a plate forming part of the said base to receive the said stud, substantially as set forth. I

3. The combination of a pair of springtongs with a partly-tubular base having pairs of grooves or notches of varying depths arranged to receive the stems of said tongs as they expand outward, the degree of depth of the grooves or notches regulating the separaration of the said jaws and their holding capacity, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a base having a tubular upward extension and adapted to stand alone, and a pair of spring-tongs adapted to fit Within said tubular extension, the latter part being provided with a notched internalflange to receive the stems of said tongs and resist their lateral motion, the tongs and base together constituting a holder for eggs, potatoes, and other articles, but the said tongs being adapted to be withdrawn through one pair of said notches and used independently, snbstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

ANTHONY ISKE.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY J. DONNELLY, .Ms. B. DONNELLY. 

